
Marlborough, Avebury & the Downs in 1897 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’s famous ” Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England & Wales in the second half of 19th & early 20th century. The map in printed in colour & covers the area around Avebury, stretching from Bowood House & Calne eastward to Marlborough, & from Wroughton southward to Alton Priors. A major feature of the map is the number of archaeological sites, including Avebury itself, Silbury Hill, Windmill Hill & others. Other locations include Allington, Alton Barnes, Berwick Bassett, Bishops Canning, Blackl&, Bowood, Bremhill, Broad Hinton, Broad Town, Bromham, Calstone Wellington, Cherhill, Chisledon, Chittoe, Christian Malford, Cliffe Pypard, Compton Bassett, Draycot Foliat, East Kennett, Fyfield, Heddington, Highway, Hilmarton, Huish, Lyneham, Mildenhall, North Savernake, Ogbourne St Andrew, Ogbourne St eorge, Preshute, Rowde, Seagry, Stanton St Bernard, Tockenham, Tytherington Kellaways, West Overton, Winterbourne Bassett, Winterbourne Monkton, Wootton Rivers & Yatesbury. On the reverse is a detailed map of Avebury, including most of the Stone Circle. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small towns & villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes & most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.